Vista Startup Times Profiler

Hey Guys,

I've had 3 clean installs of Vista, and initially I have great startup times (~40-45s...perhaps I should have faster with my specs?). After Les' tweaks everything is honky dorey. But after installing software here and there, my boot-time gets gross...especially after loading programs at work.

I thought I'd query the field for your Vista boot-times and a profile of which software you have loaded. In this way, we could perhaps narrow down potential programs that increase boot-time. It could either be a list format, or maybe it would be easier to take screenshots of the "Programs and Features" folder.

Here goes nothing!

My Boot-Time: ~ 1:30

 

And your programs...?

 

...really really wierd, the link to my photo keep dissappearing...sorry, I'll fix it.

 

Boot time is about 40 seconds, last reformatted about 1 month ago. I haven't done any tweaking, it really hasn't done anything for me. About 55-60 processes on startup.

Computer specs in siggy (120GB 5400rpm).

 

Programs Installed SmoothTofu?

 

I have a Vostro 1500 with a 2.5 Ghz and the rest is pretty much the same and my boot up time is 32 seconds.

 

Let's see...:

uTorrent
Adobe Flash Player ActiveX
Adobe Flash Player Plugin
Advanced Audio FX Engine
Advanced Video FX Engine
ArcGIS Desktop
Assassin's Creed
Broadcom Gigabit Integrated Controller
CCleaner
COMODO Firewall Pro
Dell Photo AIO Printer 922
Dell Touchpad
Dell Webcam Center
Dell Webcam Manager
ESET NOD32 Antivirus
Foxit Reader
GIMP 2.4.5
Ijji
Ijji Auto Installer
Java(TM)
Laptop Integrated Webcam Driver
Live! Cam Avatar Creator
Live! Cam Avator v1.0
LogonStudio Vista
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
Microsoft Office Professional 2003
Microsoft Save as PDF/XPS Plugin
Microsoft Silverlight
Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 Design Tools ENU
Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 ENU
Microsoft Virtual PC 2007
Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition
Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 for .NET
Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 for Win32
MSXML 4.0 SP2
NVIDIA Drivers
Opera 9.27
Paint.NET v3.30
Python 2.4.1
RivaTuner v2.08
RK Launcher iVista Leopard
Roxio (x9)
SigmaTel Audio
VirtualCloneDrive
Vista Battery Saver
Windows Live Installer
Windows Live Messenger
Windows Live Sign-in Assisstant
WinRAR Archiver

 

Are you measuring after POST or when you press the power button? Some laptops/pc's have longer startup routines than other's, which isn't a result of Windows at all.

 

It's pretty obvious what the problem is. You have AVG+Microsoft Office+Quicktime. AVG and Quicktime like to load themselves at bootup like its nobody's business and Microsoft Office installs like 200 fonts on your system that has to get loaded at boot time.

 

Well if he followed Les' guide he should have disabled the startup programs in MSconfig. So that shouldn't be a problem...besides the fonts.

 

Programs installed doesnt exactly mean longer boot times, unless the program actually has a service/process or registry key to load up on startup

Heres mine on video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8DykP8DLwQ

I didnt swipe my finger straight away at login. MSN messenger is the last thing that loads which is 1:04. So roughly 1 minute till my system is completely up and running at full

I have alot of programs installed, i wont bother writing them all down. I have exactly 64 processes on startup

 

@bmwm...

Programs? If you can get 32s from powerbutton to desktop, with a 5400 RPM, that's sweet...that's what I'm shooting for.

 

Oh my God!!!!! Can you install anything else on there?

A previous responder is dead on. You have to watch for programs which load on start. Office is one good example. It loads from the boot file AND the start folder in your menu. Get rid of them both as they are not needed. If you want to use Office, just click the application.

I have always wondered this about so many programs. Why do they have functions that start when Im not using them. Quicktime...same same... MSN Messenger....same same...

There are tons. Tackle the programs that are starting right off and you will find your problem Im sure.

You may also wonder if you deleted a program and it left ghost registry entries that hang in seeking the executable file. This use to always happen with me and Dells old DVD player/burning program...I cant remember the name.

 

I let MSN messenger run on startup on purpose, i always log on everytime my notebook is on

Smoothtofu: I noticed one Assasins creed is installed. Can you run this on a 8400m gs?

 

That's why you use Revo Uninstaller. It searches for those registry files.

Anyways, I have way more installed than him...

 

30 seconds

 

Lots different than mine. Your gonna laugh!

 

Yeah... See anything I can uninstall?

 

Oh, and I already uninstalled the Amazon MP3 Downloader... Anything else?

 

I just loaded the REvoUninstaller, I'm tempted to reinstall all my uninstalled apps, and re-uninstall them...haha.

I'll probably just do another blasted clean install after school lets out. I'm thinking that the two programs I loaded at work beefed my boot-times...they both run from the network, so I think Windows may be searching for them, kind of like it does for a mapped network drive, when it is not connected...just a hunch.

 

Realplayer, Apple Mobile Device Support (if you don't have an iPhone), and possibly Quicktime (by replacing it with QT Lite).

 

Okay ive tweaked Vista to improve startup, now achieving 5 seconds faster muahahaa

I just realised that if theres a cd in the drive, it takes about another 5 seconds longer. It tries to read it on POST and just before Vista loads, even when i disabled CD booting.

 

yeah i cant seem to get less than 1 min with vista ultimate x64 and very few programs installed
ill post the pic when i can get to my laptop

 

im at 40-45 seconds. im trying to get it down to 35 but i think ive done EVERYTHING i can possibly do. lol.

 

Leon, uninstall some of that Apple junk. Also, what's with the duplicate Adobe Flash entry?

 

my vista x64 boot up times is 2mins50secs

Here are my installed applications, programs set to load up at start up are:
Avast antivirus
RMCPU with atsiv
sidebar
Windows Live messenger

Here is an image of all programs installed. Specs are in my sig.

 

Lol... One's flash player, one's flash plugin, one's flash editor.